June 10, 2013, 11:15AM

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June 08, 2013, 5:45PM

Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band performs on the Esplanade Avenue Stage during the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival at the Old U.S. Mint in New Orleans Saturday, June 8, 2013. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

June 08, 2013, 5:45PM

A face painter who says she is known as "Jelly Sandwich" sports a tomato on her shoe during the French Market's Creole Tomato Festival in New Orleans Saturday, June 8, 2013. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

June 08, 2013, 5:45PM

Sisters Leighton and Aggie Bell put on tomato costumes for a picture during the French Market's Creole Tomato Festival in New Orleans Saturday, June 8, 2013. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

June 08, 2013, 5:45PM

Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band performs on the Esplanade Avenue Stage during the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival at the Old U.S. Mint in New Orleans Saturday, June 8, 2013. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

June 08, 2013, 5:45PM

Tommy Michot plays the accordion as the band Les Freres Michot performs during the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival at the Old U.S. Mint in New Orleans Saturday, June 8, 2013. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

June 08, 2013, 5:45PM

Lavern Harris and Don Robertson dance to the music of Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band during the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival at the Old U.S. Mint in New Orleans Saturday, June 8, 2013. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)

June 08, 2013, 5:45PM

A crowd gathers at the Esplanade Avenue Stage as Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band performs during the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival at the Old U.S. Mint in New Orleans Saturday, June 8, 2013. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)